Career Advice

Graduate Jobs: What Can I Do With My Degree?

As you’re probably aware, the phrases ‘graduate job market’ and ‘looking good’ aren’t often mentioned in the same sentence these days. In fact, you’re much more likely to hear words like ‘poor’ and ‘disappointing’ being used to describe the average student’s career prospects.

However, ‘current economic climate’ (shudder) aside, there are still jobs out there. But which jobs are best suited to your degree? Obviously if you do Law or Medicine, you’ll probably have a fairly good idea of what your future job will be (hopefully). But what if you study the likes of English Literature or History? Or Maths? These subjects all have a broader focus, meaning there isn’t necessarily an obvious career path to go down when you finish your undergrad.

But that isn’t always a bad thing. The following degrees have a range of transferrable skills, meaning they can act as a gateway into a variety of different occupations…

Transferrable Skills: First and foremost, a good degree in English Literature shows you can write. It also shows you have analytical skills, can communicate your ideas effectively and are capable of conducting your own research on your own time.

Transferrable Skills: Without wishing to state the obvious, a degree in Maths means you’ll be handy with numbers. And while there might not be many jobs that require an advanced knowledge of Binomial Expansion, almost all employers will think highly of a graduate who knows how to think logically, solve problems and apply theoretical skills to real-world scenarios.

Transferrable Skills: A degree in History will equip you with a HUGE range of useful skills. Not only does it show that you can draw conclusions and formulate arguments from a multiple sources, but it also indicates you can write well, carry out research and manage your time effectively.